diff --git a/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
index 03cf1ee977b7e2a39bb32c9bcd296d0c1c95cb25..e68a1cbcc85209d99fa3a927bb40cb6727690e02 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
@@ -459,15 +459,19 @@ static inline void flush_ioremap_region(unsigned long phys, void __iomem *virt,
 #define __cacheid_vivt_asid_tagged_instr(val)	(__cacheid_type_v7(val) ? ((val & (3 << 14)) == (1 << 14)) : 0)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIVT) && !defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT)
-
+/*
+ * VIVT caches only
+ */
 #define cache_is_vivt()			1
 #define cache_is_vipt()			0
 #define cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing()	0
 #define cache_is_vipt_aliasing()	0
 #define icache_is_vivt_asid_tagged()	0
 
-#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT)
-
+#elif !defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIVT) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT)
+/*
+ * VIPT caches only
+ */
 #define cache_is_vivt()			0
 #define cache_is_vipt()			1
 #define cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing()					\
@@ -489,7 +493,12 @@ static inline void flush_ioremap_region(unsigned long phys, void __iomem *virt,
 	})
 
 #else
-
+/*
+ * VIVT or VIPT caches.  Note that this is unreliable since ARM926
+ * and V6 CPUs satisfy the "(val & (15 << 25)) == (14 << 25)" test.
+ * There's no way to tell from the CacheType register what type (!)
+ * the cache is.
+ */
 #define cache_is_vivt()							\
 	({								\
 		unsigned int __val = read_cpuid(CPUID_CACHETYPE);	\